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Laguna de Salinas, Arequipa, Perú, 2015-08-02, DD 16-19 PAN
Laguna de Salinas, Arequipa, Perú, 2015-08-02, DD 16-19 PAN. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Laguna de Salinas, Arequipa, Perú, 2015-08-02, DD 16-19 PAN
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Salinas
How work, access and surfing shaped Salinas.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
Salinas is a coastal city located in the Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador.
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1929
Work at the water’s edge
It was a small fishing village until June 30, 1929, when it was established as the rural parish of Santa Elena.
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ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
Puerto Lucia boasts a hotel, several restaurants, a private beach and apartment buildings, as well as the large marina and port.
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Surf In Salinas
500px provided description: Surf In Salinas. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- 500px provided description: Surf In Salinas
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- Open-licence photograph
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ORGANISED SPORT
Surfing reads the same coast differently
Punta Carnero Beach has been chosen many times to be the venue of not just national surf competitions, but also at an international level.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Salinas is recorded at 43.580° N, 5.959° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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Laguna de Salinas, Arequipa, Perú, 2015-08-02, DD 16-19 PAN
Laguna de Salinas, Arequipa, Perú, 2015-08-02, DD 16-19 PAN. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Laguna de Salinas, Arequipa, Perú, 2015-08-02, DD 16-19 PAN
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Salinas now
People travel from all over the world because the surfing in Ecuador offers an ideal climate all year round.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Laguna de Salinas, Arequipa, Perú, 2015-08-02, DD 16-19 PAN
AOD.EU.SALINAS.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Surf In Salinas
AOD.EU.SALINAS.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Salinas, Ecuador overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.